Rochdale council election, 2023

04/05/2023 · 20 wards · 20 seats contested

Most seats
16
Labour and Co-operative Party
Seats contested
20
across 20 wards
Turnout
—
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party 16 -26 26,198 53.2% +2.5
Conservative and Unionist Party 3 -7 11,306 23.0% +2.7
Liberal Democrats 1 -2 5,865 11.9% -5.3
Middleton Independents Party 0 -5 3,370 6.8% -2.3
Green Party 0 +0 1,664 3.4% +1.2
Independent 0 +0 607 1.2% +0.9
For Future's Sake - Freedom Alliance 0 +0 197 0.4% +0.3

Changes are against the previous council election on 05/05/2022. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 20
Conservative and Unionist Party 20
Labour Party 20
Liberal Democrats 15
Green Party 9
Middleton Independents Party 5
Independent 2
For Future's Sake - Freedom Alliance 1

A party standing a full slate could field 20 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Balderstone & Kirkholt

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Elsie Blundell Elected 1,124 58.4% -11.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Mudassar Razzaq 451 23.4% -5.3
Green Party Jordan Allan Eves 185 9.6% -8.8
Independent Laura Agnieszka Grabowska 164 8.5% —
Majority673
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,924

Labour Party hold

Bamford

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Steve Anstee Elected 1,580 53.8% -0.5
Labour Party Rosie Shoozia Choudhury 1,033 35.2% +0.8
Liberal Democrats Siobhain Cunnane 324 11.0% -2.1
Majority547
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,937

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Castleton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Aasim Rashid Elected 882 39.4% -25.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Malcolm Thomas Bywater 473 21.1% -9.3
Independent David Jones 443 19.8% —
Liberal Democrats John Swarbrick 227 10.1% -8.3
Green Party Jonathan Edward Kershaw 213 9.5% —
Majority409
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,238

Labour Party hold

Central Rochdale

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Sameena Akhtar Zaheer Elected 2,487 72.9% +6.4
Liberal Democrats Abdul Ghafoor 601 17.6% -20.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Shajan Ali 323 9.5% +5.1
Majority1,886
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,411

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

East Middleton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Terry Smith Elected 1,588 61.7% +14.7
Middleton Independents Party Bernard Peter Wynne 697 27.1% -24.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Aaron Joseph Slack 289 11.2% —
Majority891
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,574

Labour Party gain from Middleton Independents Party

Healey

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Tricia Ayrton Elected 1,789 68.9% +1.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Sajid Mahmood 587 22.6% -18.5
Liberal Democrats Safina Kauser 221 8.5% -15.6
Majority1,202
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,597

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Hopwood Hall

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Peter Hodgkinson Elected 1,415 64.9% +10.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Claudius Chonzi 408 18.7% -13.0
Middleton Independents Party Matthew Colin Glaysher 257 11.8% -7.0
Liberal Democrats Iain Donaldson 100 4.6% —
Majority1,007
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,180

Labour Party hold

Kingsway

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Rachel Massey Elected 1,650 68.6% -9.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Ibrahim Khalil 384 16.0% -13.5
Liberal Democrats Sharon Taylor 200 8.3% -7.7
Green Party Mark Hollinrake 172 7.1% -7.9
Majority1,266
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,406

Labour Party hold

Littleborough Lakeside

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Richard Morgan Jackson Elected 1,103 44.1% -9.2
Conservative and Unionist Party John Hartley 1,096 43.8% -3.0
Green Party Guy Nicholas Otten 239 9.6% -7.6
Liberal Democrats Zarah Kauser 64 2.6% -14.6
Majority7
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,502

Labour Party hold

Milkstone & Deeplish

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Aiza Aasim Rashid Elected 1,898 80.0% +20.2
Liberal Democrats Naveed Akhtar 232 9.8% -31.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Raja Miah 148 6.2% +1.4
Green Party Feruz Ali 94 4.0% —
Majority1,666
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,372

Labour Party hold

Milnrow & Newhey

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Dave Bamford Elected 1,297 47.2% -27.3
Labour Party Avis Kay Gilmore 935 34.0% +5.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Aiden James Forshaw 349 12.7% -6.0
Green Party Stephen Andrew Sharp 167 6.1% —
Majority362
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,748

Liberal Democrats hold

Norden

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael Holly Elected 1,462 53.9% -5.1
Labour Party Farhat Kazmi 638 23.5% -8.1
Liberal Democrats Stephanie Robertson 382 14.1% -5.6
Green Party Sarah Louise Croke 229 8.4% —
Majority824
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,711

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

North Heywood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Bev Place Elected 1,268 78.6% -2.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Nigel J Morrell 346 21.4% —
Majority922
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,614

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

North Middleton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Elizabeth Atewologun Elected 1,236 50.0% +1.8
Middleton Independents Party Lee Wolf 1,008 40.8% -8.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Darren Philip Bayman 228 9.2% -7.2
Majority228
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,472

Labour Party hold

Smallbridge & Firgrove

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Amna Mir Elected 1,153 51.2% -8.8
Liberal Democrats Fezen Khalid 606 26.9% -9.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Saliah Begum 294 13.1% -8.2
For Future's Sake - Freedom Alliance Paul Ashton 197 8.8% —
Majority547
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,250

Labour Party hold

South Middleton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Patricia Mary Dale Elected 1,527 51.8% +1.3
Middleton Independents Party Emma Louise Hezelgrave-Whitworth 937 31.8% -12.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Bernard Thomas Braiden 486 16.5% -10.1
Majority590
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,950

Labour Party hold

Spotland & Falinge

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Amber Nisa Elected 1,479 49.3% -10.0
Liberal Democrats Rabina Asghar 1,143 38.1% +4.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Ann Marie Conway 198 6.6% -5.4
Green Party Mick Coats 179 6.0% -6.6
Majority336
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,999

Labour Party hold

Wardle, Shore & West Littleborough

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party John Taylor Elected 1,504 59.6% -16.4
Labour Party Julian Simon Farnell 689 27.3% +1.0
Green Party Hannah MacGuire 186 7.4% -7.8
Liberal Democrats Eleanor Kelly 146 5.8% -5.3
Majority815
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,525

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

West Heywood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Linda Robinson Elected 1,184 60.4% -9.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Jordan Tarrant-Short 543 27.7% -12.1
Liberal Democrats Tom Shaw 232 11.8% —
Majority641
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,959

Labour Party hold

West Middleton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Neil Emmott Elected 1,120 60.9% -2.6
Middleton Independents Party Peter John Shore 471 25.6% -14.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Matthew Steven Roughsedge 157 8.5% -4.2
Liberal Democrats Nikki Edwards 90 4.9% +0.1
Majority649
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,838

Labour Party hold

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